side scrolling shooter

[Prototype-Mercer]

i thinking of making a side scrolling shooter (like thing-thing of the madness game) but i dont know where 2 begin

[EvanHayes]

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Or maybe a more simple project?

[FalconPuuunch]

At 4/5/09 05:01 PM, Prototype-Mercer wrote: i thinking of making a side scrolling shooter (like thing-thing of the madness game) but i dont know where 2 begin

begin by knowing the basic hittests of a platformer and a physics engine, then attach a movieclip that rotates based on the directionality of your mouse to your character, kk

[Prototype-Mercer]

wats a hit test

[Woadraiders]

Its a check between two movieclips, and it tells you whether they are colliding or not.

[sinz3ro]

At 4/5/09 05:41 PM, Prototype-Mercer wrote: wats a hit test

If you don't know what a hitTest is, then maybe you should start on something smaller and work up to a sidescrolling shooter. Look at some basic tutorials and stuff.

[McPancake]

At 4/5/09 07:58 PM, sinz3ro wrote:

At 4/5/09 05:41 PM, Prototype-Mercer wrote: wats a hit test

If you don't know what a hitTest is, then maybe you should start on something smaller and work up to a sidescrolling shooter. Look at some basic tutorials and stuff.

i would agree with sinz3ro, but if you are so eager to make a game, you can start by making the movement, then firing, then the side-scrolling, the sound and the AI....